EU petition, straw polls

Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Telegraph sponsored petition for a referendum on whether the UK should sign up to the new EU constitutional treaty is about to rise above the plimsoll line of 50,000 signatures, currently it is at 49,390. (Less than 17,000 of these are on-line which tells you something about the traditional nature of those supporting it, but give me a postal database above an e-one anytime). Meanwhile the petition in support of the Treaty and against a referendum, which I reported on just over a week ago as having 10 signatures has seen 20 per cent growth, and now has 12.